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Cooper pair

• The quantum spin of an elementary fermion is responsible
• for its inability to share the quantum space of another fermion.
• Each fermion has its own identity; each electron
• buzzing about an atom is different from the other electrons.
• However, a moving electron distorts its surrounding ion lattice,
• increasing its positive charge, which attracts another electron.
• These paired electrons circle each other in opposite directions,
• with opposite spins, to move together as a team with the lattice distortion.
• They act as a composite boson with an integer spin,
• so many may condense into the same quantum state and superconduct.

Phonon interaction

• The elastic relationship between
• an electron and the lattice it moves in,
• vibrating like a real particle,
• to some extent and purpose is one,
• virtual in its transience,
• maybe a particle, maybe a wave,
• may carry a force and alter behavior,
• in which latent energy becomes blatant.

Inextinguishable

• “Phonon,” yes, I didn’t say “photon.”
• Think of sound instead of light, but what is a little light?
• What is a little vibration if you can’t put your finger on it?
• In this gray area, heat could be from low-energy photons
• or something else, or all mixed up and indistinguishable,
• where virtual reality becomes inextinguishable.